“Rule of law” is undergoing a “calamitous collapse” in the United States: Assange

Assange: US rule of law suffering ‘calamitous collapse’
By Katy Lee (AFP) – 5 days ago

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the US justice system was suffering from a “calamitous collapse in the rule of law”, as Washington reeled from the sensational exposure of vast spy agency surveillance programmes.

Speaking in an interview Friday with AFP at Ecuador’s London embassy, where he has been holed up for almost a year, the founder of the whistleblowing website accused the US government of trying to “launder” its activities with regard to the far-reaching electronic spying effort revealed on Thursday.

“The US administration has the phone records of everyone in the United States and is receiving them daily from carriers to the National Security Agency under secret agreements. That’s what’s come out,” said the 41-year-old Australian.

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